Staff Biography for Tammy Fiebelkorn

Ms. Fiebelkorn has been active in the energy industry since 1994. She is the New Mexico Representative for SWEEP and is the President of eSolved, Inc., an environmental and business consulting firm. She provides project planning, economic and environmental analysis, legislative analysis, lobbying and financial management to a variety of clients across the United States. Ms. Fiebelkorn has degrees in Economics and Finance from Northeast Louisiana University as well as a Master's Degree in Environmental Economics from Colorado State University.

Ms. Fiebelkorn was a founder and executive director of the Propane Promotion Consortium, a national alliance of propane companies formed to support and expand the propane vehicle market in the U.S., for several years. In this position, she led the group's efforts to introduce propane vehicles to the market, including the formation of a partnership between the group and General Motors that led to the commercialization of a dedicated propane GM van.

She has also served as environmental outreach coordinator for the city of Boulder, Colorado where she worked extensively on the city's air quality, integrated pest management and business environmental programs as well as the management of an EPA project to increase the level of public knowledge about water quality issues in the area.

Ms. Fiebelkorn was previously the Colorado Coordinator for the Department of Energy's Clean Cities program. In this capacity, she led the three Colorado Clean Cities Coalition to develop their individual markets for alternative fuel as well as the development of a corridor connecting the three groups. Prior to this, she worked extensively as a consultant to utilities, alternative fuel providers and municipalities when employed by Barakat & Chamberlin, Inc. and later PG&E Energy Services.

She currently serves as the chair of the Forming Positive Links Committee, which focuses on the link between animal abuse and human violence and efforts to alleviate all forms of family violence. She is an active member of various professional and community organizations including the Clean Cities Coalition, NMDOG and Environmental Alliance of New Mexico. She is the chairperson of the NMDOG fundraising committee. She dedicates time to legislative efforts to increase the protection of the environment and animal rights and was instrumental in the passage of ordinances in Boulder and Estes Park, CO that prohibit the exhibition of wild and exotic animals, as well as legislation designating Link Awareness Day in New Mexico.